Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

1908-03-05 Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK 61 Credits

Biography

Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor.

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Julie Andrews Forever

Julie Andrews Forever

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.4
Acting

Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the m...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

2009

as (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the 1960s. This decade saw independent film companies becoming more prominent as the bigge...

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This documentary short subject for DVD gives a look at the making of Cole Porter's MGM classic, "Les Girls". Hosted by Finnish film legend and star of...

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from inter...

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

1995

as Self / Professor Henry Higgins (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young...

The Kingfisher

1983

as Cecil

8.0
Acting

An elderly couple are reunited after fifty years.

A Time to Die

A Time to Die

1982

as Van Osten

3.5
Acting

A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian w...

The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer

1979

as Colbert

5.0
Acting

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king ...

Ashanti

Ashanti

1979

as Brian Walker

5.8
Acting

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and t...

Shalimar

Shalimar

1978

as Sir John Locksley

5.9
Acting

Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P...

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

1977

as The Duke of Norfolk

6.0
Acting

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide...

Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

1974

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Charged with the electricity of a heavyweight prizefight, " The Main Event " was filmed live at Madison Square Garden, a venue usually reserved for sp...

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

1974

as Self - Host

Acting

Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segmen...

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

1973

as Don Quixote

Acting

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win t...

Platonov

1971

as Mikhail Platonov

Acting

The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to ...

Staircase

Staircase

1969

as Charles Dyer

5.7
Acting

An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police of...

A Flea in Her Ear

A Flea in Her Ear

1968

as Victor Chandebisse / Poche

6.2
Acting

Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen

1968

as A man in the street (uncredited)

3.8
Acting

A masked superhero searches for a magical golden relic while trying to prevent the plundering of an Egyptian tomb.

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1967

as Dr. John Dolittle

6.2
Acting

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

1967

as Cecil Fox

6.5
Acting

A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.

The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

as Papa Giulio II

7.1
Acting

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes ...

The Car That Became a Star

1965

as The Marquess of Frinton (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

This promotional film showcases the automobile whose adventures are chronicled in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). After the car is filmed in various Eu...

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as The Marquess of Frinton

6.1
Acting

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The nex...

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964

as Professor Henry Higgins

7.5
Acting

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963

as Julius Caesar

7.0
Acting

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...

The Happy Thieves

The Happy Thieves

1961

as Jimmy Bourne

5.7
Acting

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace

1960

as Anthony Preston

6.5
Acting

Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.

The Fabulous Fifties

The Fabulous Fifties

1960

as Self

6.0
Acting

The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a...

Zwischen Glück und Krone

Zwischen Glück und Krone

1959

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The story of a young woman named Maria, who unexpectedly inherits a royal title and a castle after the death of her uncle, a king. Heavily reliant on ...

The Reluctant Debutante

The Reluctant Debutante

1958

as Jimmy Broadbent

6.8
Acting

While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

1955

as William Egerton

6.9
Acting

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his lif...

King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

as Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin

6.3
Acting

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land i...

Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

as Self

6.5
Acting

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira...

The Four Poster

The Four Poster

1952

as John Edwards

6.0
Acting

In turn-of-the-century New York, the marriage of John and Abby Edwards unfolds over the years.

The Long Dark Hall

The Long Dark Hall

1951

as Arthur Groome

6.4
Acting

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

The Long Dark Hall

The Long Dark Hall

1951

Associate Producer

6.4
Producing

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1948

as Sir Alfred de Carter

7.2
Acting

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his ...

Escape

Escape

1948

as Matt Denant

5.7
Acting

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

The Foxes of Harrow

The Foxes of Harrow

1947

as Stephen Fox

6.1
Acting

An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947

as Capt. Daniel Gregg

7.5
Acting

A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner.

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

as King Mongkut

6.1
Acting

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress

1945

as Vivian Kenway

7.0
Acting

Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal...

Journey Together

Journey Together

1945

as Guest (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.

I Live in Grosvenor Square

I Live in Grosvenor Square

1945

as Major David Bruce

7.1
Acting

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean J...

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

1945

as Charles Condomine

7.0
Acting

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough materia...

Major Barbara

Major Barbara

1941

as Adolphus Cusins

6.7
Acting

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvat...

Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich

1940

as Gus Bennett

7.2
Acting

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England;...

Ten Days in Paris

Ten Days in Paris

1940

as Bob Stevens

7.5
Acting

Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true b...

Over the Moon

Over the Moon

1939

as Dr. Freddie Jarvis

5.3
Acting

Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she sugg...

The Silent Battle

The Silent Battle

1939

as Jacques Sauvin

Acting

Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.

The Citadel

The Citadel

1938

as Dr. Frederick Lawford

6.3
Acting

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the...

St. Martin's Lane

St. Martin's Lane

1938

as Harley Prentiss

7.1
Acting

On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic mono...

School for Husbands

School for Husbands

1937

as Leonard Drummond

5.5
Acting

A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter ...

Storm in a Teacup

Storm in a Teacup

1937

as Frank Burdon

7.5
Acting

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Men Are Not Gods

Men Are Not Gods

1936

as Tommy Stapleton

5.7
Acting

Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review ...

All at Sea

All at Sea

1936

as Aubrey Bellingham

Acting

When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attrac...

The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal

1930

as Man (uncredited)

Acting

Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

The Great Game

The Great Game

1930

as George

Acting

Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature...

Rex Harrison at the N.F.T.

N/A

as Self

Acting

Actor Rex Harrison talks entertainingly about his long stage and screen career with David Lewin and members of the audience of the National Film Theat...